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Ulu Muda

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1986
First contested	1974
Last contested	1982

Ulu Muda was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1986.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1986 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

State constituency

Election results

Malaysian general by-election, 16 March 1983: Ulu Muda
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Hashim Endut after he was convicted and fined $5,500 by a magistrate's court for not keeping proper accounts of sale, purchase and storage of rice and for stocking rice from illegal sources.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Abdul	14,939	58.90	2.30
	PAS	Mohd. Nakhaie Ahmad	10,266	40.47	2.93
	Independent	Ahmad Bakar	159	0.63	0.63
Total valid votes			25,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			333
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			25,697	75.28	6.01
Registered electors			34,133
Majority			4,673	18.43	5.23
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982: Ulu Muda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Endut	15,271	56.60	4.67
	PAS	Ali @ Fadzil Md Noor	11,711	43.40	3.44
Total valid votes			26,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			821
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,803	81.29	1.17
Registered electors			34,203
Majority			3,560	13.20	8.11
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978: Ulu Muda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hashim Endut	11,195	51.93	51.93
	PAS	Harun Jusoh	10,097	46.84	46.84
	Independent	Mohamed Zabidi Ahmad	266	1.23	1.23
Total valid votes			21,558	100.00
Total rejected ballots			559
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			22,117	80.12
Registered electors			27,605
Majority			1,098	5.09
	BN hold		Swing

References

• Defunct Kedah federal constituencies
• Constituencies established in 1974
• Constituencies disestablished in 1986